First dam

This dam is an optional portage.  The top half of the dam washed out in the flood of May 2006.  The bottom section awaits removal at a later date.  For now the easiest portage is on river right between the dam and a strainer choked spillway.  If the water is high paddlers should take out and portage on river left.  The dam is best run on far river right or left, maintaining 6 to 8 ft from the corresponding edge.